The Global Marijuana March is a yearly event embracing cannabis culture as a personal lifestyle choice. Around 700 different cities worldwide, including Cape Town, have signed up since 1999. And how did Capetonian dagga supporters celebrate?

This weekend saw the birth of the first Cape Canna Fest, an initiative started by NORML South Africa to “unify the South African Cannabis culture and give us all a voice.” The day started off with the Global Marijuana March (pics and video below), where roughly 400 “tokers” gathered outside of Cape Tech University, and joined hundreds of cities around the world in a peaceful protest in the name of Cannabis. Here’s a report from Below the Lion‘s website:

Cars hooting, joints being passed left right and center – smiles and laughter all around. We even got stopped by the 50 at one point, but they couldn’t find any fault in our march permit so we proceeded without any problems. If you weren’t there, then I’m afraid you missed out on quite possibly the biggest blaze up Cape Town has ever seen. It was a truly liberating and moving experience marching though the city of Cape Town together with around 400 fellow tokers. Looking forward to the next one, let’s aim even higher!

[Source: The Dagga Couple and Below the Lion]